[ale] Ale Digest, Vol 36, Issue 60

[Brian Pitts]

On 01/18/2011 02:25 AM, Matthew wrote:
> I noticed someone mentioning insane amounts of ram, and swap space. I
> worked on a server that had 16GB ram, and 32GB of swap, and noticed it
> crashed randomly every few weeks. Figured out the issue.
> Linux, can build up a cache.Nothing like looking at a box and seeing
> 90% full and going damn.

What makes you think this is an issue?

> So I came up with a */stupid/* script I run as
> a cron job, and I enjoy looking at how much is cached, and how much it
> clears it out.

Seeing the free memory afterward should make you sad. You paid for that
RAM, put it to work! See http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

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All the best,
Brian Pitts